For one thing, I agree with the majority of Chaerophon's post. Politics = Dirty, but that's reinventing the wheel. The Republicans are doing what (the believe) will win them an election, that's why they "got down in the mud."
Your portrayal of the military as an inefficient money hog probably should be reconsidered, however. I side with Sir_Die_alot.
Agreed. For one thing, our role in the world means we need to spend all that money on defense. Who supplied the majority of the troops for Bosnia? How about Desert Storm? There are countries out there which depend almost entirely on the US to ensure world stability, allowing them to focus almost exclusively on economic prosperity or development. Japan for example.
And if you think our military spending is too large of a burden to bear, look at China. They have a much lower standard of living, and yet send almost twice the American % GDP on their military. But North Korea takes first prize in absurdity. Sure, your people can eat grass. But you've got tanks and nukes so everybody will respect you!
Which reminds me, I have to brush up on my rifle skills.
Your portrayal of the military as an inefficient money hog probably should be reconsidered, however. I side with Sir_Die_alot.
Quote:Yeah that's been tried before. You think we should try a third time for World War 3? And your "all of the world's militaries combined" is cute but doesn't take into account the % of GDP in which it's just average. We just have more money to actually spend.
Agreed. For one thing, our role in the world means we need to spend all that money on defense. Who supplied the majority of the troops for Bosnia? How about Desert Storm? There are countries out there which depend almost entirely on the US to ensure world stability, allowing them to focus almost exclusively on economic prosperity or development. Japan for example.
And if you think our military spending is too large of a burden to bear, look at China. They have a much lower standard of living, and yet send almost twice the American % GDP on their military. But North Korea takes first prize in absurdity. Sure, your people can eat grass. But you've got tanks and nukes so everybody will respect you!
Which reminds me, I have to brush up on my rifle skills.
Out here,
--Ajax
--Ajax